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4 Leigh Clifford
Chairman-elect, Independent
Non-Executive Director
Leigh Clifford was appointed to the Qantas
Board on 9 August 2007.
Mr Clifford will succeed Margaret Jackson
as Chairman following her retirement at
the conclusion of the Qantas AGM on
14 November 2007.
Mr Clifford is a Director of Barclays Bank plc,
a Member of the Bechtel Board of Counselors
and Chairman of the International Council
of Mining and Metals.
Mr Clifford was most recently Chief Executive
of Rio Tinto plc from April 2000 to April 2007.
He stepped down from the Board of
Rio Tinto on 30 April 2007 after serving as a
Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited
for 13 and 12 years respectively. His executive
and board career with Rio Tinto has spanned
some 37 years, including a wide variety of
operational and marketing roles in the coal
and metalliferous operations of the Rio Tinto
Group in Australia and overseas.
Mr Clifford was formerly a Member of the
Coal Industry Advisory Board of the
International Energy Agency for a number
of years and its Chairman from 1998 to
2000. He was previously a Director of New
Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper
& Gold Inc.
Mr Clifford holds a Bachelor of Engineering
and a Master of Engineering Science from the
University of Melbourne.
Age: 60
5 Paul Anderson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul Anderson was appointed to the Qantas
Board in September 2002.
He is a Member of the Qantas Remuneration
Committee.
Mr Anderson is a Director of BHP Billiton
Limited, Chairman of Spectra Energy
Corporation, a Global Counsellor for The
Conference Board and a Member of the US
President’s Council of Advisors on Science
and Technology.
Mr Anderson most recently served as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Duke Energy Corporation and as a Director
of US-based Temple Inland Inc and Fluor
Corporation. He was the Chief Executive
Officer of BHP Billiton Limited and its
predecessor, The Broken Hill Proprietary
Company Limited from 1998 to 2002.
Mr Anderson was previously the President
and Chief Operating Officer of Duke Energy
Corporation. He was President, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of PanEnergy
Corporation and Chief Financial Officer of
Inland Steel Industries. Mr Anderson was a
Director of Kerr-McGee Corporation, Baker
Hughes Incorporated, TEPPCO Partners,
LP and Petrolane Partners.
Mr Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a MBA
from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Age: 62
6 Mike Codd, AC
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mike Codd was appointed to the Qantas
Board in January 1992.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Safety,
Environment & Security Committee and
a Member of the Qantas Audit Committee.
Mr Codd is the Chancellor of the University
of Wollongong. He is a Director of the Wealth
Management Companies of the National
Australia Bank and of INGEUS Ltd.
He was Deputy Chairman of the Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
(ANSTO) and the Menzies Foundation.
Mr Codd was a Director of Telstra, IBM
Australia and CitiPower Ltd. He was also a
Member of the Advisory Boards of Spencer
Stuart and Blake Dawson Waldron.
From 1981 to 1986, Mr Codd held senior
positions in the Commonwealth Government,
as Secretary of the Department of
Employment and Industrial Relations,
Chairman of the Industries Assistance
Commission and Secretary of the Department
of Community Services.
From 1986 to 1991, Mr Codd held the position
of Head of Department of the Prime Minister
and Cabinet, and Secretary to Cabinet.
Mr Codd holds a Bachelor of Economics
(Honours).
In 1991, Mr Codd was made a Companion
of the Order of Australia.
Age: 67
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